Word: kinglet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...marked bird that he is-though most country strollers only see him taking off ahead of them with a flash of white rump. In an engagingly informal text, Porter is most fascinating describing the lengths to which a bird photographer will go to get results. Once, to reach a kinglet's nest, he simply sawed off a tree at its base, keeping it upright, and lowered it 40 feet. The kinglet did not seem to mind...